TRANSCRIBED FROM THE ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT SEPTEMBER 10, 1918 P. 12
We had to ride in box cars, little ones, about 20, feet long, and looking like toys to us, but there were 40 men to a car. We had to sit up all the way, but I enjoyed the trip. We sure did see some country.
We have been working awfully hard ever since we got here, and it is so different from anything I have ever done. We have been to school two days since we got here to learn the French ways of railroading. It is so different from anything at home.
Tomorrow morning I will go out to learn the road, and in a few days I will be working. I will certainly be glad, too, for that will be more like what I intended to do when I left home. We will run to the front.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by George Walker Chrisp to his brother E. M. Chrisp. He served in Company C, 60th Engineers. He was born on October 20, 1890 in Higginson, Arkansas and died on November 30, 1961 in Beebe, Arkansas. He was described as being tall and of medium build with light blue eyes and dark brown hair. He was a railroad employee all his adult life. He and his brother were both killed in an automobile accident. He is buried in the Roselawn Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas. (The editor incorrectly lists his name as Crisp.)
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT
We had to ride in box cars, little ones, about 20, feet long, and looking like toys to us, but there were 40 men to a car. We had to sit up all the way, but I enjoyed the trip. We sure did see some country.
We have been working awfully hard ever since we got here, and it is so different from anything I have ever done. We have been to school two days since we got here to learn the French ways of railroading. It is so different from anything at home.
Tomorrow morning I will go out to learn the road, and in a few days I will be working. I will certainly be glad, too, for that will be more like what I intended to do when I left home. We will run to the front.
NOTES: This partial letter was written by George Walker Chrisp to his brother E. M. Chrisp. He served in Company C, 60th Engineers. He was born on October 20, 1890 in Higginson, Arkansas and died on November 30, 1961 in Beebe, Arkansas. He was described as being tall and of medium build with light blue eyes and dark brown hair. He was a railroad employee all his adult life. He and his brother were both killed in an automobile accident. He is buried in the Roselawn Cemetery in Little Rock, Arkansas. (The editor incorrectly lists his name as Crisp.)
TRANSCRIBED BY CAROLYN YANCEY KENT